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LAND USE CHANGE - VICINITY OF 515 NW 13TH TERRACE (B)
Ordinance No. 110798; Petition No. PB-12-10 LUC
An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of property located in the vicinity of 515 NW 13th Terrace, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Residential Medium-Density (RM) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission: (1) approve Petition PB-12-10 LUC and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
This petition and ordinance amends the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of property located in the vicinity of 515 NW 13th Terrace, as more specifically described in the ordinance, from Residential Medium-Density (8-30 units per acre) (RM) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (8-30 units per acre)(MUL).
The property is located within the College Park/University Heights Redevelopment District and within the College Park Special Area Plan overlay zoning district. The property currently contains two approximately 1,800 square-foot residential duplexes that were built in 1948 and 1964 and abuts three parcels with MUL land use, which comprise the remainder of the block bounded by NW 13th Street on the east, NW 13th Terrace on the west, NW 6th Avenue on the north, and NW 5th Avenue on the south.
The proposed land use category change will facilitate future redevelopment of the property by expanding the allowable uses of the property and because the entire block will now have the MUL land use category. This is consistent with the infill and redevelopment goals of the Future Land Use Element (Goal 2, Objective 2.1, and Policy 2.1.1). These policies include, but are not...
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